Pros and Cons of Wood Kitchen Countertops

Do not install your wood countertops, until you read this article discussing pros and cons. Wood can be popular choice for kitchen remodeling as recommended replacing materials such as granite and quartz because it can enhance the look of your kitchen by adding natural aspects.

Here are some issues that you can consider while choosing wood for the material of countertop.

The pros of woods

Wide range of variety and appearance

Woods are approachable. They come with various types, colors and looks with modern, old and ethnic style. The options in nature can be maple, teak, cherry, oaks and so on. You also can combine them to get awesome customized appearance for your kitchen. Of course, different woods need different treatments.

In fact, the presence of woods makes it easy to work with all design style because woods offer uniform color and grains. To use it as food preparation surface and prevent water damage, you can finish and seal them with Tung oil.

The characteristics

Woods are known as warmer materials rather than other materials such as granite. So it is perfect choice to use in winter season. They are also recyclable and has great work surface. It is easy to work on them. You can even use knife to cut it off or get renewable surface. Wood are also known to have the most effective antibacterial surface.

Maintenance Issues

The maintaining depends on the choose finishing types. For instance, wood with mineral oil finish requires monthly maintenance. If you want to permanent finish with waterproof and scratching protection, there are many available paints on the market that can be applied on your wood countertop.

The cons of woods

Woods must be sealed

To protect them well against water dame as well as make them less maintenance, woods must be sealed correctly because they have porous surface

Refinishing Issues

Of course, woods can wear and tear although it can take 10-20 years. Therefore, refinishing should be applied to entire surface.

Woods are soft materials

Because of its soft characteristic, wood can have scratch and dent problems. The solution can be blemish them to save the countertop surface and give unique character to your countertops.